Thermae

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• In historical Rome, thermae (from Greek θερμός thermos, "warm") and balneae (from Greek βαλανεῖον balaneion) have been facilities for bathing. Thermae typically refers to the massive imperial tub complexes, even as balneae had been smaller-scale centers, public or private, that existed in tremendous numbers at some stage in Rome.

• Most Roman towns had at least one – if now not many – such homes, which were centres not simplest for bathing, however socializing and analyzing as nicely. Bathhouses have been also provided for wealthy personal villas, town homes, and forts. They had been supplied with water from an adjoining river or flow, or inside cities via aqueduct. The water might be heated via fire then channeled into the caldarium (hot bathing room). The design of baths is discussed through Vitruvius in De architectura.